Process of and apparatus for making sleeve-like articles



May s, 1926' 1,668,996

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H. N. ANDERSON PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS FOR IAKING SLEEVE LIKE ARTICLES .Filed June 12. 1926 s sheets-sneer. s

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Patented May 8,1928.

UNITI-:De nSTATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD N. ANDERSON, F LAKEWOOD, OHIO.

PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING SLEEVE-LIKE ARTICIilS.

Application iled June -12, 1926. Serial No. 115,490..

This invention relates to a process of and apparatus for making forged bodies from a bar of stock. In the particular embodiment of the invention shown herein the forgedl I bodies are in the form ofthinwallcd sleevelike members, such as are used' in the production of pipe couplings and relatively thin-walled nuts.

It has been proposed to produce articles of the character referred to by subjecting an end of a bar of stock to an upsetting,l ac-` lt is the general object of my invention tog enable the end of the bar vto be preliminarily shaped in the manner described and to complete the formation of the article without transferring the stock from one set of dies to another and without the necessity for Changing the form of the shaping cavity, 80 whereby the bar may be upset and the excess metal removed by further, and preferably, continuous, movementof the or shaping tool in the direction of the length of the bar and Without the necessity for so B5 transferring the Work or changing the form of the shaping cavity. v

I accomplish the foregoing 4object and other and more limited objects in and through the process described hereinafter and realized bythe apparatus shown 'in the drawings, wherein Fig. 1 represents a sectional view through a pair 'of dies and the.

parts cooperating therewith adapted to real ize my process, the said section corresponding substantially to the line 1-1 of Fig. 3;

Figs. 2 and 3' are sectional details corresponding respectively to the lines 2--2and 3--3 of Fig. 1;;Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are views, similar to Fig. 1, butschowing the positions of the parts during su cessive steps in the operation ofthe apparatus whileI realizing my process; and Fig. 7 a view showing sepafrate parts of the-die in erspective. l

ADescribing thel parts -y reference characters, 1 denotes a part of the bed of anup- "there-to, the said holder having a movable die punch twhile the arm or connecting rod setting or forging machine of any `approved construction. Thls bed is shownas provided with a suitable an ular ,notch or recess 2 for the reception o the vfixed die 3, the die. heilig shown as secured within said recess 00 by 'means of a clamp v4:. Reciprocably mounted ina guide 5 in another part of the bed is'the movable die holder 6 having an operatingl armor connecting rod 7 pivoted 8 secured within a'channeled seat 6a thereof.

The dies 3 and 8 are identical in construction, comprising each a block 9 having at one end thereof a semi-cylindrical bore 9*. communicating with an enlarged semicylindrical cavity 9b from which the semi- 'cylindrical bore 9 is continued to the recess 10, which is channel-shaped in cross section and the back wall of which is indicated at 10% Sli'dable transversely in each recess I0, 1s agripping block 11, each block having a semi-cylindrical bore 11a constituting an extension of the corresponding semi-cylindrical bore 9". Each block 11 is adapted to fit within the 'appropriate recess 10, but is of less depth than the depth of said recess, for a purpose to be described. Slidably mounted between the inclined baek'll of each block lland the back wall 10a ofthe recess in cach block-9 is a wedge 'block 12, each block being of such shape'as to fit Within the narrow orfront end of the space between each block 11 and the back of the recess 10 therefor and being shorter than said recess. `Each of the wedge blocks 11 is lprovided witha push rod 13 which extends through and beyond the front end of the block 9l adjacent thereto, each rod being provided with -a head 13* adjustably supported thereon, as by means of a thread 13b and a lock nut 14 on such rod. Between i the enlargedor rear end of each kWedge block 12 and a backing plate 15y at the end of'each recess 10, there is interposeda helical spring16 which/tends to push each of the wedge blocks to the opposite or front end of' its seat, thereby to ress the gripping blocks 12 radially inward y into engagement ,with the bar or rod '17. 18 denotes a head carrying the upsettin punch 19. Thishead is reciprocated towar ands from the dies 3' and 8 by operating means (not shown) such as is in common use on forging and upsetting machines,

iodov 7 is operllo the stock firmly, the Wedge i ated toward and from the fixed die 3 by mechanism (not shown) also in common use in -such machines.,

With the parts constructed and arranged a s described and with the dies 3 and 8 sepa.- rated, the stock, consisting of the bar or rod 17, will be moved to a position such as shown inFig. 4, with the upsetting end extending across and in front of the cavity A a suflicie-nt distance to enable thc end portion, when upset, to fill such cavity. '.lhe point to which the end of said bar or rod shall be moved will in practice be determined by an ordinary stock gage. XVhen the bar or rod has been so advanced, as shown in Fig. 4., the arm or connecting rod 7 will be operated to bring the dies 3 and 8 together and to cause the blocks 11 to grip blocks 12 at this time beingin the reduced ends of their respective recesses10, behind the gripping blocks. n

The stock being thus gripped, the head 18 is moved toward the dies, and the punch 19 operates in the usual manner upon the adjacent front end of the bar or rod 17 to upset such end, fillin the cavity A formed by the two semi-cylin rical cavities 9", as shown in Fig. 5. The operating ends ofthe push rods 13 are so arranged that, when the punch shall have upset the end of the bar or rod in the manner described, the head 18 engages the heads on said rods, and, as the head 18 moves further toward the right, the wedge blocks 12 are pushed toward the enlarged rear endsof their respective chambers 10, thereby relaxing thel grip of the blocksll upon the part of the bar or rod17 adjacent thereto. This results in holding the bar or rod only by the. engagement of the upset portion thereof with the recess A; the further movement of the head and punch to the i Yright will enable the punch to push out the advanced again to metal from the center of such upset portion by the time the end of 'the punch shall have crossed the cavity,'as indicated in Fig. 6. The head 18 may then be moved to' the left and the dies 3 and 8separated, permitting the removal of the sleeve-'like member 2O produced by the operations just described. As thehead 18 is retracted, the springsl 16 move the wedgeblocks 12 to the reduced ends of their respective ,chambers or recesses 10, thereby moving the gripping blocks 11 to stock-engaging position within their respective dies.- The bar or rod 17 may then be the positions shown in Fi s. 4-6 and the operations repeated.

y virtue of the apparatus shown and the modeof operation thereof, I am enabled toproduce forged bodies by a continuous operation, wherein an end of the bar of stock is upset into a cavity or mold, the b ar being firmly gripped during suchoperation and wherein, after such operation, the grip Y upset such end herein-` uponthe bar is relaxed and a final form is given to such upset portion by further movement of the tool in a direction longitudinally of the bar. Specifically, I am enabled to produce ring-like or sleeve-like bodies by a. continuous operation wherein an end of the bar of stock is upset by a punch into a suitable shaping cavity formed in dies,l the bar being firmly gripped during such upsetting and shaping operation, and wherein the grip upon the bar is relaxed at the completion of the upsetting operation, the bar being held by the engagement of its upset portion with the forming cavity during the further Vcontinued movement of the punch in the upsetting direction, thereby to eXtrude from such forged or upset portion the stock forming the central portion thereof. By so doing, I

have reduced the number of separate operations required for the production of such articles and have eected a similar reduction in the number of the'mechanisms employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: ,l

1. The process of producing a forged body from a bar of stock which consists in holding the body of said. bar With one end eX- osed, moving a tool against such end therey to u set such end and impart a predetermined orm thereto, releasing the'action of the holding means upon the body of the said` bar by further movement of' the said tooll in,- the upsetting direction, and moving the bar in a direction longitudinal thereof by such further movement of the-tool, thereby to impart additional shape to the said body.

2. The process of producing a forged body from a bar of stock which consists in holding said bar with one endin operative relation to a shaping cavity, moving a, tool of smaller` 'diameter than said cavity against such end thereby to expand such end into said cavity and impart a predetermined form thereto, releasing the action of the holding means upon the bar without changingthe form of P said cavity by further movement of the said -tool in the upsetting direction, and movin the bar in a directlonlongitudinal thereo by such further movement ofthe tool, thereby to extru'de from such expanded or upset end the stock forming the central portion thereof. i

3. The process of producing a ring-like body which consists in gripping the body of al bar or rod of stock with one end in opera'- tive relation to an upsetting cavity; moving an-upsetting tool againstl such end thereby to portion of the bar or rod 1nto said cavity-whlle the bar or rod is so held; holding said bar or rod against movement by the engagement of the upset rtion thereof with the wall of the said cavity, meanwhile releasing the grip upon the body of the baror rod of stock, and extruding the stock from the center of such .upset portion and rection.

lmoving such extruded stock together with 4. The process of producing a ring-like body which consists in holding the body of an upsetting tool against a bar or rod ot' stock with one end in operative relation to an upsetting cavity; moving such end thereby to upset such end portion of the bar or rod into said cavity while the bar or rodfis so heldjreleasing the action' ot the holding means upon the body of the bar or rod and holding the bar or rod against movement. -by the engagement of the upset portion thereof with the wall of the cavity, and extruding the stock from the center of such upset -portion and moving such extruded stock arid the bar or rod of which it forms a continuation by further movem'entof the tool in the upsetting direction.

5. The process of producing a'ring-like body which consists in holding the body of a bar or rod of stock with one end thereof in operative relation to an upsetting cavity; moving an upsetting tool into engagen'ient with suchend 'of such y latter is so held, thereby upsetting such end r which it forms a continuation by furtherA into such cavity; releasingr the action of the holding means upon the bodyI of the bar or rod by a further movement ofI the tool in the upsetting direction, meanwhile holding the said bar or rod by the engagement of the upset portion thereof with the wall of said cavity; and extrudingthestock from the center of such upset such extruded. stock and the bar or rod of rectxon.l

6. The

movement of the tool in such upsetting diof a thereof, with such to an upsetting cavity; movingan upsetting tool into engagement with the appropriate end of such bar or rod while the `from the center of such thereby to expand the bar wherebyV the bar or rod while the portion and movingl or. upset end of the process of producing a rinlglikeA b body which consists in gripping the body" bar or rod of stock adjacent to one vend end in operative relationy latter is so gripped,l thereby upsetting such end into such recess; relaxing the grip upon the body of the rod or bar ther in the' upsetting direction, meanwhile holding the saidbai' or rod by the engagement of theupset portion thereof with the wall of said recess; and extruding the stock moving such extruded stock and the br or rod of which it forms a continuation by such vfurther movement of the tool.

7. lhe process of producing;` aforged body from a bar of stock which consists in first-holding the body of said bar with an end exposed, moving a tool against such end the. action of the holding means upon the body ot the bar, as the tool is advanced, and moving the said tool further inthe lforming or upsetting direction, Ymeanwhile engaging the expanded or upset portion of inner portion of said expanded or upset end land ,the barare moved bodily by such tool away from the outer or peripheral portion of such end.

he process of producing a forged from a bar of stock which consists in holding the bodyof'saidbar with an end in operative relation to ,-a shaping cavity, moving a tool 'of smaller diameter than said cavity against such end thereby to expand or upset such end into said cavity and im'- part a predetermined form thereto, releas- -m'g the. action of the holding means upon the body of the bar as but without changing the forrnof said cavforming or upsetting outer or peripheral portion of the expanded bar is engaged bya wall of said cavity, whereby the inner portion of such upset or expanded end and the ar are moved bodily vby such tool away from the outer or peripheral -portion. ofsuch.

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HAROLD N. ANDERSON.

or upset such end and ims part a predeternnned form thereto, releasing the tool is advanced v In testimony whereof, I'hereunto aiiix myl upset portion and 

